CPP extends truce order despite complaints of GRP ceasefire violations
“The CPP ordered the units of the NPA (New People’s Army) and the people’s militias to continue to desist and cease from carrying out offensive military actions against the armed units and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP) and other paramilitary and armed groups attached to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP),” its information office said in a statement.
‘Walang makikinabang, lahat talo’
“Kung i-e-employ ang mga healthcare workers, siguradong may makikinabang, siguradong may matutulungan, dito man o sa ibang bansa. Kung itetengga sila rito pero hindi naman i-ha-hire ng gobyerno, walang makikinabang, lahat talo.”
GRP and CPP ceasefire orders unlikely to be extended
After each declaring unilateral ceasefire orders to focus on their respective anti-coronavirus disease (Covid-19) campaigns, the government and the revolutionary forces are unlikely to extend their separate truce declarations due to reports of violations, mainly by GRP forces.
Si Lisa at ang mga Lumad na bakwit sa panahon ng enhanced community quarantine
Nakapanayan ng Kodao si Lisa, isang grade 10 student ng Salugpongan School. Kumusta siya at ang kanyang mga kasamang Lumad na bakwit sa panahon ng enhanced community quarantine? Panoorin ang bidyong ito.
NPA-Panay unit attacked by AFP was conducting Covid info drive, CPP reports
According to the CPP, the NPA in Central Panay reported that they were also discussing problems posed by the “military lockdown” and possible collective production in anticipation of the widespread effect of the health crisis when a Philippine Army unit arrived and fired at them.
Bayan urges gov’t to prioritize the poor during lockdown extension
“The longer the lockdown, the greater the number of people needing assistance. Even the middle class is feeling the increasing burden,” the country’s biggest alliance of progressive groups said in a statement.
Ang paglaya ng San Roque 21, mga bayani ng kanilang komunidad
Lumaya na ang San Roque 21, ang mga inaresto ng pulisya noong Abril 1 sa pag-aakalang nagdaos sila ng kilos protesta sa kahabaan ng EDSA, Quezon City.
Police harass Sitio San Roque community kitchens
“Despite the peaceful volunteerism at our community kitchen, about 15 police officers descended upon us to tear down our placards asking for help,” the group said on its Facebook page.
Rights groups decry harassment of campus journalists
“[They should]…allow Joshua to freely speak his mind, and to instead to help him ventilate the valid complaints he is raising regarding the Duterte administration’s response to the pandemic. Teachers should be the last ones to discourage critical and independent thinking among students. Neither should they encourage blind, unthinking obedience to authority,” the CEGP alumni said.
CPP: Gov’t in contempt of UN’s global ceasefire plea with ‘non-stop combat operations’
“[Government] Military and police units across the country have continued to carry out relentless offensives despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s unilateral ceasefire declaration which covers the period March 19 to April 15,” Marco Valbuena, CPP chief information officer, said.